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	The Reboot: Continuity's Best Friend
		Why work on some tired old continuity, striving in vain to make it interesting when it is so much easier to throw all the rules out the window and make the character distinctly their own.
		Reboots also serve a basic wish fulfillment that all humans crave.
		Reboots are the wave of the future, and, ultimately, the savior of comics.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /truth/99753031196842,print.htm (691 words)

	Reboot (continuity) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is analogous to the process of rebooting a computer, clearing out all working memory and reloading the operating system from scratch; neglecting offline storage, none of the previous session's activities have any bearing on the product of the current session, except in the memory of the operator (writer).
		Such large continuities also become a barrier to introducing newcomers to the fandom, as the complex histories are difficult to learn, and make understanding the story very difficult; a reboot gives the chance for new fans to experience the story by reintroducing it in smaller and easier to understand installments.
		The Transformers Generation One comic was rebooted in 2002 with the Dreamwave comic and in 2006 with the IDW comic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reboot_(continuity) (1774 words)

	Retroactive continuity - Battlestar Wiki
		Retcons are different from separate continuities, a designation used on Battlestar Wiki to allow officially-licensed Battlestar Galactica stories (Original or Re-imagined universes) from novels, comics and the like to be listed in the wiki without wrecking the canonical aired content of either series.
		Reboots, also known as a "subtraction," is a drastic elimination of past storylines through a substantially new storyline.
		The Re-imagined Series itself is a "reboot" of the Original Series, discarding practically everything from the Original Series and recreating new versions and variations of characters, histories, ships and more.
	en.battlestarwiki.org /wiki/Retroactive_continuity (518 words)

	The Reboot: Continuity's Cancer
		The reboot is the last resort of the desperate.
		Continuity reasserts itself, and for their remaining issues, Caliveri and Staton acknowledge her return by having Batman guest-star.
		Then we have the second reboot existing simultaneously where Batman meets the Huntress who operates in Gotham City--which is completely unnecessary--and resents her mainly because Chuck Dixon characterized Batman as a male chauvinist pig.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /soapbox/99781357842967.htm (1355 words)

	Sequart.com Columns > Continuity: No-Prizes, Retcons, and the Mental Acrobatics of Continuity Repair (Sequential ...
		Indeed, continuity in general had the same effect: a villain could not appear without reference to his condition when he was last seen, if not a long continuity of his life and confrontations with the hero.
		The readership was invited to imagine creative solutions to continuity gaffs, thus pulling the readers into the very construction of the narrative universe itself.
		The problems of continuity are often regarded as the consequences of this phenomenon of quickly-produced interlocking narratives occurring in the same narrative universe and running, in the case of both DC and Marvel, since the late 1930s.
	www.sequart.com /SequentialCulture07a.htm (4124 words)

	The Achievements of "Crisis on Infinite Earths": Good, Bad or Neutral? - Comic Book Resources Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Yes, the reboot gave Superman a fresh start, but removing his past from continuity did the Legion of Super-Heroes continuity damage from which it has never recovered (for what it's worth, I quit when Levitz left the books and the 5-year gap happened).
		While the reboot may have been Good for Superman, it was Bad for all those in the DC Universe whose histories were tied in with the now out of continuity previous Superman.
		There was no single Continuity Cop overseeing the Whole Big Picture and discrepancies and inconsistencies started to crop up as each group editor oversaw their corner of the DCU with their characters but no master presence coordinated between them all, thus, we're back to fixing those problems now 20 years later.
	forums.comicbookresources.com /showthread.php?t=62629 (5484 words)

	Virus Reboot -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		ReBoot is considered by many as one of the greatest cartoons ever.
		A hard reboot (also known as a cold reboot) is when power to a computer is cycled (turned on and off) or a special reset signal to the processor is triggered (from a front panel switch of some sort).
		A soft reboot (also known as a warm reboot, in contrast to a cold reboot) is restarting a computer under software control, without removing power or (directly) triggering a reset line.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/160/virus-reboot.html (1505 words)

	swatkins.info/weblog: Enough with the reboots
		In the same story is a link to a 14-page treatment (link to PDF) for a new Trek TV series, conceived by J. Michael Straczynski and Bryce Zabel a couple of years ago, in which they proposed a "reboot" of the Star Trek universe.
		In this reboot idea, a new continuity would be established and the five year mission of the original Trek would be retold with a new cast and a new vision of the future.
		Part of the justification of this plan is that fans would accept the changes to these iconic characters because they accept similar reboots in comic books.
	swatkins.info /weblog/2006/06/enough-with-reboots.html (634 words)

	The Reboot
		This "reboot" was the first in a series of "Superman Events" (including the later "Death of Superman" and "Superman gets a new costume" storylines) that would result in intense media attention.
		In the DC continuity that has emerged as a result of Crisis on Infinite Earths, all of DC's superheros live on the same Earth and there is no longer any record of there being a Superman in the 1940s.
		In the new continuity, too, kryptonite radiation can call an ordinary human being is he or she is exposed to it long enough, although it affects ordinary human beings at a far slower rate than it does Kryptonians.
	theages.superman.ws /History/end.php (3294 words)

	Madgoblin's Ward - The Ultimate in Spider-Man Commentary
		Still, even then, May begins to understand the ramifications of just how much of her life is truly out of her control when Peter confesses to her that Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin, knows who he is, and that he is quite capable of using May to get to Peter.
		Unlike regular continuity, where once the reboot occurred, Ben Reilly was largely forgotten — in the Spider-Girl Universe, the memory of Ben Reilly is very much present — which makes sense — one does not lose a brother and forget him.
		One of the reasons some of us are such continuity mavens is not because we like to obsess over every little detail (o.k., there is that..), but because a tightly adhered to continuity makes every story important in one way or another.
	www.spideykicksbutt.com /YearinReview/Spiderman2002.html (6350 words)

	Article 10: Crossover Appeal
		Continuity can add to a reader's enjoyment, but it can also add to a creator's headaches.
		Thor continues to appear in other titles as if he'd never inherited the throne of Asgard, which is getting on for three years ago now.
		The Crisis was a bizarre exercise in demolishing the existing continuity (on the basis that it had become unwieldy); asserting that a streamlined version still applied (and that history was broadly valid); and then spending the next few years blithely ignoring everything and throwing everything into confusion.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=851 (1487 words)

	reboot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		ReBoot was a Canadian animated series that was produced by Mainframe Entertainment, created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with character designed by Brendan McCarthy and...
		Reboot believes that every generation must grapple with the questions of Jewish identity, community...
		May 1st Reboot is an international relaunch of web sites by authors and creatives working within the field of Web Design.
	www.in4search.com /reboot.html (265 words)

	The Mercury Age
		There were a number of attempts made to create a new continuity in which to house Superman's newly restored personality and characterization.
		The first of these never made it out of the gate: The Superman 2000 proposal would have worked within the established 1986 reboot continuity, but it was ultimately rejected by DC.
		The 2nd, which retconned the 1986 reboot into "a false memory," also worked within the established continuity but simultaneously incorporated many elements and sensibilities of the Bronze Age.
	theages.superman.ws /History/Mercury (514 words)

	JIMMY AKIN.ORG: Star Trek: Reboot The Universe
		Basically, they propose rebooting the Star Trek universe so that the writers won't be boxed in by all the massive continuity recent Star Trek writers have been burdened with.
		Continuity is one of the greatest things Star Trek had going for it.
		Jun 30, 2006 8:30:18 AM Instead of "rebooting" the Universe, with the perverse idea that we are God, able to change reality by our mere word, perhaps a better idea would be to reboot the idea of centering a series around one group of characters.
	www.jimmyakin.org /2006/06/star_trek_reboo.html (4835 words)

	Redo: Main Page
		Reboot was the first television series to to be created entirely in CGI, and followed the adventures of Bob, a guardian sprite, and the inhabitants of Mainframe, a computer system, as they battled against the evil virus Megabyte, and other threats.
		As the season progressed however, a bit more character depth was added, and by the end of the season, the format had switched from mere random episodes to a continuing story line.
		The story continued logically from the end point of season two, then created a new direction with a plot twist.
	www.doomlegends.com /redo/Redomain.html (624 words)

	Byrne Robotics: Using Terms Correctly
		Sometimes these reboots are done retroactively, as with MoS and B:YO, sometimes they are "in continuity", as with WW and DP Retcon Short for "retroactive continuity".
		i guess i just see them as happening retroactively as well as they pretty much claim the continuity of those characters to be null and void, thus wiping out chunks of continuity such as rebooting wonder woman affected the continuity of both the justice league and titans retroactively.
		a reboot that was "in continuity" i would think would be one that explains away the reboot and maintains the linear continuity of the character while still starting off with a clean slate.
	www.byrnerobotics.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5466&PN=1&totPosts=73 (2597 words)

	Byrne Robotics: Reboots
		The reason such "stealth reboots" are often accomplished without raising the hackles of those who yell the loudest about things like MAN OF STEEL is that they are presented "in continuity", and can be accepted as "growth" even if, very often, they are nothing of the sort.
		Just like you mentioned that Spider-man had gone through a reboot, even Batman stayed in his own continuity, and the rebooter probably knew that the old Batman stories were something that the readers hadn't read, so he could change 90 percent of it and not raise an eyebrow.
		If this is rebooting, we have all been rebooted since none of us are going to be the same as when we were 15 or 16.
	www.byrnerobotics.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4987&PN=1&totPosts=10 (4362 words)

	reboot \| \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Reboot may refer to any of the following:Hard reboot, a cold boot of a computerSoft reboot, a warm boot of a computerReboot (continuity), the rewriting of a series storyline that discards previous continuityReBoot, the first totally computer animated television seriesMay 1st Reboot, an annual online event.
		ReBoot was a Canadian animated series that was produced by Mainframe Entertainment, created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with character designed by Brendan McCarthy and Ian Gibson.
		Additionally, throughout its entire run, ReBoot made countless references to computer terms and pop culture that would not be understood by most children.
	www.babylon.com /definition/reboot/All (456 words)

	Column - How Critical Was the Crisis? by Robert M. Price
		The reboot of DC continuity was anything but what one should have expected from the way
		She died in the Crisis, fighting the Anti-Monitor, and so she wasn’t there at the reboot of the universe.
		The Silver/Bronze Age continuity was similarly brought to a proper conclusion in
	www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com /hw_crisis.htm (1503 words)

	ReBoot: Web World Wars
		The Mainframers are barely able to hold their own against the Web Probes, and with the very existance of Mainframe at stake, our heroes have to rely on Megabyte and Hexadecimal for help.
		Due to the crisis, Bob invokes "Emergency Code nine five one zero", downloads the Guardian protocol from his icon to Enzo's, and gives the boy a field commission as Guardian, First Level.
		Just before Enzo reboots into his Guardian uniform, the upgraded one on his chest, and a bogus one on his cap.
	www.inwap.com /mf/reboot/episodes/234.html (1652 words)

	The Planet - Continuity questions
		I ask this because they don't really follow along with the story-lines presented in Superman and Adventures of Superman titles -- specifically during the "Exile"(beginning in Feburary 1989) story-line where Superman was wandering through the galaxy out of guilt, but the Action Comics Superman stories still had him here on good old Earth.
		The reason that I stress the proper order is that before about 1989 or so, the 3 (at that time) different titles didn't "flow" through each other with the story line.
		10-06-2005 04:59 AM i have no idea if that limbo period of books is in continuity or not....that time lapse between crisis and the reboot is interesting...though, if your getting back into comics, chances are knowing if those those stories are in continuity or not isnt gonna matter much.
	www.bluetights.net /theplanet/printthread.php?t=6293 (719 words)

	Reboot Cartoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		ReBoot has won over many fans with its interesting portrayal of "the struggle between good and evil".
		ReBoot, possibly the first Saturday morning cartoon to utilize solely computer-generated animation, first gave us a look inside the digital realm six years.
		ReBoot section of the CN Department of Cartoons.
	reboot.czblog56.net /reboot-cartoon.htm (515 words)

	Flare Sci-Fi Forums: Project: Reboot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The only thing stopping this from being a good candidate for a reboot is its young age and thus it has still left a horrible taste in the viewer's metaphorical mouth.
		Another point is that candidates for a reboot have rich premises that are insufficiently explored for a variety of reasons whether bad writing or studio interference or cancellation.
		Finally, it would be necessary to reboot the elements that worked, but were dropped or badly explored in the original series, such as Logan St. Clair, the possiblity of Arturo being replaced by a double and Quinn's double who introduces him to sliding before making a big mistake.
	flare.solareclipse.net /cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=000963;p=0 (2416 words)

	Microsoft Solutions for Management: Service Continuity Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Service continuity management is concerned with managing risks to ensure that an organization's IT infrastructure can continue providing services in the event of an unlikely or unanticipated event.
		Service continuity management ensures that the service is available in the event of a service disruption, regardless of the cause of the disruption (disaster, component failure, virus attack, and so on).
		Although service continuity management provides contingency plans to handle any disaster, these may involve a prolonged period of downtime before the IT service is fully restored and this factor needs to be taken into consideration during any re-negotiation with the customer.
	www.microsoft.com /technet/solutionaccelerators/cits/mo/smf/smfsrcmg.mspx (8620 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - Continuity Problems in Darth Bane: PoD
		However, his explanation has only confirmed what I initially feared: the continuity errors seemingly came out of sheer disinterest in making any alterations at all in his writing in order to accommodate the greater continuity, putting it all on the explanatory crutch of "relative truth".
		The continuity errors are trivial, they're not so severe as to make or break continuity.
		There has been far, far, far worse continuity errors in ongoing lines of Bantam and Del Rey books by the same authors- and there is no excuse for that at all- yet they're still writing novel after novel.
	boards.theforce.net /literature/b10003/25488734/r25560862 (2879 words)

	Science fiction news from SyFy Portal: Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Doctor Who, and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		And unless my PC is crashing in the midst of me typing, say, this column and I'm about to lose all my work, rebooting my machine is pretty easy and painless and it often does bring better results.
		"Rebooting" a TV show or film franchise is basically shorthand for basically just taking the original concept and perhaps names of the characters from the source material and then essentially just starting from scratch.
		The "rebooted" stories are then tied no further to the events or personalities portrayed in the original.
	www.syfyportal.com /news.php?id=2524 (1116 words)

	Phantom Girl
		In the original pre-Zero Hour continuity she was the fifth member to join the Legion.
		The name of her mother is Winema Wazzo (in both pre and post ZH continuity), in pre ZH continuity she has a brother, Gmya Wazzo.
		In the second reboot continuity she was also the fifth to join, under the codename Apparition.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Phantom_girl.php (312 words)

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